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Advocates' 'Summer Of Love' Begins

Regina Peratta (left) and Gina Diaz (right) have been married under Canadian law, but they are among the thousands of gay people seeking legal marriage in Oregon.

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Gay marriage advocates have kicked off a campaign to convince Oregonians to support a ballot initiative in 2014.

Reverend Chuck Currie talked about the difficulty of watching fellow Oregonians' lives go on the ballot for a referendum when Measure 36 passed.

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“I’m tired of being on the defensive on this issue,” said Reverend Chuck Currie. He stood in the basement of Sunnyside Church and recalled his opposition to Measure 36 in 2004. That year, voters amended Oregon’s Constitution, defining marriage as a heterosexual union. Now Currie and others are preparing for a campaign to repeal it.